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CapLoader 1.9.6 Released
Erik Hjelmvik | | 104.21.7.13:80, 104.223.118.109:443, 104.248.81.48:443, 151.236.9.107:443, 159.89.124.188:443, a85be79f7b569f1df5e6087b69deb493, aptekoagraliy, BackConnect XOR, CapLoader, GzipLoader, IcedID, JA3, JA4, joekairbos, lazirusairnaf, Loda, regex, Remcos, seedkraproboy, t13i010400_0f2cb44170f4_1b583af8cc09, t13i010400_0f2cb44170f4_5c4c70b73fa0, ThreatFox, win.loda
CapLoader now detects even more malicious protocols and includes several new features such as JA4 fingerprints, API support for sharing IOCs to ThreatFox and OSINT lookups of malware families on Malpedia. The ...

Forensic Timeline of an IcedID Infection
Erik Hjelmvik | | BackConnect, Cobalt Strike, CobaltStrike, ec74a5c51106f0419184d0dd08fb05bc, GzipLoader, IcedID, JA3S, Keyhole, Keylog, NetworkMiner, VNC, Windows Sandbox
The BackConnect and VNC parsers that were added to NetworkMiner 2.8.1 provide a unique possibility to trace the steps of an attacker with help of captured network traffic from a hacked computer ...

NetworkMiner 2.8.1 Released
Erik Hjelmvik | | 165.232.175.216, BackConnect, IcedID, NetworkMiner, njrat, RFB, RFC5626, RFC6143, VNC
I am happy to announce the release of NetworkMiner 2.8.1 today! This new release brings a VNC parser to NetworkMiner, so that screenshots, keystrokes and clipboard data can be extracted from unencrypted ...

EvilExtractor Network Forensics
Erik Hjelmvik | | 1-Password-Cookies, 193.42.33.232, 2-Credentials, 3-Files, 89.116.53.55, ANY.RUN, EvilExtractor, FTP, KK2023.zip, NetworkMiner, sandbox, tria.ge, Triage
I analyzed a PCAP file from a sandbox execution of the Evil Extractor stealer malware earlier today. This stealer collects credentials and files of interest from the victim's computer and exfiltrates them ...

TLS Redirection and Dynamic Decryption Bypass in PolarProxy
Erik Hjelmvik | | ascii-art, bypass, bypassonfail, Domain Fronting, Fail Open, PolarProxy, redirect, SNI, TLS
PolarProxy is constantly being updated with new features, enhanced performance and bug fixes, but these updates are not always communicated other than as a short mention in the ChangeLog. I would therefore ...
How to Identify IcedID Network Traffic
Erik Hjelmvik | | a0e9f5d64349fb13191bc781f81f42e1, b523e3d33e7795de49268ce7744d7414aa37d1db, beacon, CapLoader, ec74a5c51106f0419184d0dd08fb05bc, GzipLoader, IcedID, Periodic connections, periodicity, video
Brad Duncan published IcedID (Bokbot) from fake Microsoft Teams page earlier this week. In this video I take a closer look at the PCAP file in that blog post. The video cannot ...

CapLoader 1.9.5 Alerts on Malicious Traffic
Erik Hjelmvik | | Alerts, CapLoader, Kovter, njrat, Port-protocol mismatch, Threat Hunting, video, VLAN
CapLoader 1.9.5 was released today! The most important addition in the 1.9.5 release is the new Alerts tab, in which CapLoader warns about malicious network traffic such as command-and-control protocols. The alerts ...

Online Network Forensics Class
I will be teaching two live online network forensics classes this spring, one in March and one in April. The March class is adapted to American time and the April one is ...

NetworkMiner 2.8 Released
I am happy to announce the release of NetworkMiner 2.8 today! This new version comes with an improved user interface, better parsing of IEC-104 traffic and decapsulation of CAPWAP traffic. The professional ...

What is PCAP over IP?
Erik Hjelmvik | | Arkime, ncat, netcat, NetworkMiner, Packetbeat, pcap, PCAP-over-IP, PolarProxy, Suricata, tcpdump, tcpreplay, tshark, Wireshark, Zeek
PCAP-over-IP is a method for reading a PCAP stream, which contains captured network traffic, through a TCP socket instead of reading the packets from a PCAP file. A simple way to create ...